Detraction Synonyms and Antonyms

dĭ-trăkshən
The act or an instance of belittling
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. belittlement
  2. denigration
  3. deprecation
  4. depreciation
  5. derogation
  6. disparagement
  7. minimization

Words Related to Detraction

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Detraction Sentence Examples

  • He constantly speaks of the malevolence and detraction of an older poet, whose name is said to have been Luscius Lavinius or Lanuvinus.

  • Brilliant and beneficent as his career had been, Lord Hastings did not escape unjust detraction.

  • In a detraction from her normal foot-in-mouth barbs regarding movies like Knocked Up and shows like Grey's Anatomy, that made her career, Heigl's comments about her early Grey's departure were rather subdued.

  • This added to the general visual detraction of the whole area.

  • The noise from local roads provides the major detraction in downgrading what otherwise would be a very pleasant area.

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